Handle and cover for coffee-pots



(No Model.)

'H. S REYNOLDS. HANDLE AND covmz FOR GOFPB-E P0T s,&0.

Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

' ATTORNEY.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES P TENT. OFFICE.

HENRY S. REYNOLDS, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK;

HANDLE AND COVER FOR COFFEE-POTS, 80c.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 440,061, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed March 10, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles and Covers for Cofiee-Pots, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the attachment of handles and covers to cofiee-pots and similar vessels, and is particularly designed for vessels coated with enamel and known in the trade as enameled iron-ware. In vessels of this class it is desirable that the handle and cover-hinge should be attached after the vessel has received the enamel coating, and it is essential in attaching these parts to such a vessel and securing them firmly in place that the means employed or the method followed be such that the enamel coating on the vessel will not be injured; and my invention has for its object the production of a handle, cover-hinge, and connections therefor whereby the handle and cover-hinge can be readily secured in place without injury to the enamel or other coating on the vessel.

To this end my invention consists, first, in a handle, preferably of cast metal, and formed in longitudinal halves unitedby rivets, and having at each end bosses provided with T- shaped slots to engage T-shaped projections secured to and extending from the vesselbody, and means for locking said handle to the vessel-body, said means consisting in filling the cavity of either one or both bosses with molten metal poured into said cavity and allowed to harden therein, as hereinafter described.

My invention also includes an attachment for the handle, comprising a T-shaped piece of metal secured to the vessel-body by means of a rivet extending from the inside through the vessel-body and then through the T- shaped metal piece and headed at each end to firmly secure the T-shaped metal piece to the vessel-body, as hereinafter described.

My invention also includes a hinge-piece for the cover, comprising a bail to engage a loop on or groove in the cover, an arm depend ing from said bail and terminating in a hook Serial No. 343,395- (No model.)

to engage a shoulder formed in the upper boss of the handle, as hereinafter described. In the accompanying drawings,inthe several figures of which like parts are designated by similar letters of reference, Figure l is a rear elevation of an ordinary cofiee-pot with the T-shaped projections thereon. Fig. 2 is a side view in elevation of a portion of the pot with the handle and cover attached, the handle being shown in section, and illustrating the construction when both bosses are to be filled with metal. Fig. 3 is a similar view when one boss only is to be filled with metal. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the handle detached. Figs. 5 and 6 are details respectively illustrating the T-shaped projection and its fastening-rivet and the hinge-piece for the cover.

The vessel a may be of any desirable construction, and is provided with T-shaped lugs b 17, secured by rivets c c to the cylinder of the vessel and forming projections thereon, said lugs being preferably secured to the Vessel before it is enameled or otherwise coated. The handle (Z is formed in two substantially equal parts terminating at each end in enlarged portions which when the two parts are united, as by rivets e 6, form bosses ff, each provided with a T-shaped slot 9 to engage the T-shaped projections b b on the vesselbody. These bosses are hollow, and at the rear of each boss a bridge h maybe formed in the hollow handle, and the upper boss is formed with an inwardly-projecting shoulder 7t. In attaching the handle to the vessel the bosses are applied to the vessel-body; so that the projections b b will enter the slots 9 g at the widest portions thereof, and the handle is then moved upwardly to engage the projections with the contracted portions of the slots, which are less in width than the length of the T-head of the projections.

The cover is applied and secured to the vessel by means of its hinge-piece, which consists of a yoke-shaped bail 7t, having an arm 7; extending therefrom and terminating in a hook This hinge-piece is preferably made out of a single piece of wire, and its yokeshaped bail It is formed in or inclosed by a loop Z, formed on the cover. Instead of this loop, however, the cover may be provided with a slot in its rim to receive the bail. After the hinge-piece has been properly secured to the cover the arm 70' is introduced-through a groove min the upper boss of the handle to engage the hook 70 with the shoulder h. To firmly secure the handle to the vessel and the cover hinge-piece to the handle, molten metal, preferably a mixture of lead and antimony, is then poured in through an opening n in the upper boss, filling the entire cavity of said boss, and thus when the metal cools and be comes hard rigidly securing the parts in place. I prefer to also fill the cavity of the lower boss (through a similar opening n) in the same manner, and in that case a bridge 71, will be formed therein. (See Fig. 2.) I have have found, however, that it is not absolutely essential to fill the cavitiesof both bosses, as

'in either case the handle and hiuge picce can be properly secured-in place, and I prefer to fill the lower boss merely for the purpose of making the handle attachment more rigid and inflexible. The molten metal is prevented from flowing into the hollow handle by means ofthe' bridges h and k The two-part handle maybe cast or formed out of sheet metal in any desirable'way, and

eachof the T projections may be fo'rmedin one piece with an extension at the'smaller end to pass through the vessel-body and be headed on the inside thereof. I- prefer, however, to cast the handleintwo longitudinal parts, and I also prefer to form the T projections and at tach them'to-the vessel-body as described and iHuStrated'in the drawings.

" What I claim as-my invention, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, is

" 1. The combination of the vessel-body provided with locking-heads,the handle provided I with' 'slottedhollow bosses-to receive and engageor interlock with said heads, and means for securing the handle in place on the vessel-body, consisting of cast metal introduced into and filling the interior of the bosses around the heads and molded in position therein, substantially as described.

2. A handle for coffee-pots and other vessels, comprising two substantially equal parts terminating at each end in enlarged portions forming bosses when united, said bosses having T-shaped slots arranged therein to engage T-shaped heads'or projections on the vessel-body, and means for locking the handle to the vessel-body, consisting of cast metal introduced intouand filling the interior of the bosses around the heads and molded in position therein, substantially as described.

3. A handle for 'cofiee-pots'and other vessels, having at each end'holl'ow bosses provided with T-shaped slots to engage T-shaped heads or projections riveted to the vessel-body, and means for locking said handle to the vessel-body,'c'onsisti'ng of cast metal introduced into and filling the "interior of the bosses around the heads andfl m'oldedfin position therein, substantially as described.

4;. In a vessel having a handle of the construction described, the combination with the upper boss of'said handle, formed'with aninterior shoulder and a groove leading to said shoulder, of the cover hinge-piece'comprising a bail engaging said cover, an arm depending from said bail andterminating'in a hook engaging said shoulder and'un'ited tothe handie and vessel body'by castj mfet'al "filling the interior of the boss and; molded *in' position, substantially asdescribed.

In testim'onywhereof I "have hereuntos'et my hand, this 13th day of February, A,D. 1890. I HENRY SQ REYNOLDS. V

WVitnesses:

THORNE S. WALLING, "FREDERIC CARRAGAN. 

